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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·April 21, 2016·4 min read

Optogenetics Reveals Neural Wiring at Work in Visual System

Researchers genetically modify individual neurons to become more sensitive to light stimuli.

Image shows the density of connections between cortical areas.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 19, 2016·3 min read

Quieting the Brain: Neural Network Models Reveal Possible Anti-Seizure Strategies

Researchers perform cluster analysis if cat neural network models and reveal promising anti-seizure strategies.

Diagram shows how spontaneous activity fluctuations increase dopamine.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 17, 2016·3 min read

A New Principle for Brain Controlled Hormone Secretion

A new study reports on how dopamine can regulate itself.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 14, 2016·5 min read

Improved Brain Mapping Tool 20 Times More Powerful Than Previous Version

Researchers have developed a new reagent that is able to map neural networks 20 times more efficiently than their previous versions.

Image of a brain with connection points for autism diagnosis.

Autism Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 14, 2016·5 min read

Brain Scan Method Could Detect Autism

A new study reports a newly developed brain imaging method appears to be accurate at detecting autism features.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·April 13, 2016·5 min read

How LSD Can Make Us Lose Our Sense of Self

Increases in global connectivity in brain networks of people under the influence of LSD correlate with the degree to which a person reported a sense of ego dissolution.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 30, 2016·4 min read

A New Theory of Sleep

A new study reports homeostatic rebalancing does not occur during sleep, but rather during periods of wakefulness.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 30, 2016·5 min read

How Functional Connections in the Brain Change Over Time

Researchers apply a new approach to explain how functional neural connections are dynamic.

Image shows human neurons on the 3D scaffold.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 17, 2016·5 min read

Enriching Human Neuron Transplants to Brain with 3D Technology

Researchers have developed a 3D micro scaffold technology that promotes the reprogramming of stem cells into neurons. The technique can dramatically improve the survival rate of the neurons after transplantation.